J/22 North American Championship - Bad News Too claims victory

by Christopher Howell on 19 May 2014

J/22 North American Championship 2014 - Bad News Too Chris Howell

Michael Marshall of Jamestown, Rhode Island earned his first J/22 North American Championship victory at the Annapolis Yacht Club in Annapolis, Maryland. With crew Mark Sertl and Matt Gowell, team Bad News Too took advantage of a discard in the fifth and final race to secure the championship with 12 points. Local teams rounded out the top three, as Chris Gaffney’s Chasing Waterfalls took second with 16 points and J.R. Maxwell’s Scooby snared the bronze spot with 18 points. Four races were held on Sunday, after light and fluky breeze allowed just one race over the first two days of the championship, bringing the total number of races to five.

Marshall, also the winner of the Annapolis NOOD two weeks ago, credited Gowell in the middle and Sertl on the foredeck for getting him around the race course while he focused on steering. Despite light air and strong current, the team focused on the conditions where they were at any given moment. 'You made a decision that brought you to where you are, so you just have to concentrate on that,' Marshall stated. 'The Race Committee did the best they could with the conditions they were given. It was challenging and tough.' Marshall is relatively new to the J/22, having just competed in last year’s Worlds and some local club racing.

Winds at 8-10 knots greeted competitors on Sunday morning under sunny skies, as local Jeff Todd’s Hot Toddy won the day’s first battle. Brad Julian’s ThreeDories.com team followed in second, and Jonathan Phillips’ Bruiser in third. 2013 J/22 World Champion Allan Terhune on Dazzler dominated the next contest, with Gaffney and Marshall behind him. Chris Doyle helmed The Jug 4 1 to victory in Sunday’s third race, trailed by Maxwell and Marshall, as winds decreased slightly. Terry Flynn’s Tejas closed the event with a victory. Next were Chris Wilson’s Lil’ Puffy and Jeffrey Love’s Stampede.

J/22 North American Championship 2014 © Chris Howell

J/22 North American Championship 2014 - Hot Toddy © Chris Howell

J/22 North American Championship 2014 - Bruiser © Chris Howell

J/22 North American Championship 2014 - CAN-1509 © Chris Howell

Series Standing - 5 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:02:39 PM EDT

Division: J22 (38 boats)

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	Total Points	Pos
1	40/ 1578	Bad News Too	Marshall, Michael	2	4	3	3	[22]	12.00	1
2	25/ 1559	Chasing Waterfalls	Gaffney, Chris	6	[9]	2	4	4	16.00	2
3	17/ 468	Scooby	Maxwell, J.R.	4	5	[8]	2	7	18.00	3
4	33/ 1078	Lil' Puffy	Wilson, Chris	8	[15]	6	5	2	21.00	4
5	38/ 1649	The Jug 4 1	Doyle, Chris	11	[18]	4	1	11	27.00	5
6	27/ 1464	Hot Toddy	Todd, Jeffrey	5	1	15	[19]	8	29.00	6
7	24/ USA 677	ThreeDories.com	Julian, Brad	13	2	11	8	[15]	34.00	7
8	20/ USA 1586	Dazzler	Terhune, Allan	15	12	1	7	[16]	35.00	8
9	31/ 1542	Honey Badger	Odenbach, Travis	1	6	16	[21]	13	36.00	9
10	39/ 1574	Traction	Sackett, Tod	[25]	10	9	6	14	39.00	10
11	37/ USA 707	Tejas	Flynn, Terry	[29]	19	19	11	1	50.00	11
12	32/ 1233	Bruiser	Phillips, Jonathan	10	3	12	[31]	26	51.00	12
13	41/ 933	Pirate Princess Racing Team	Gaffney, Jenny	3	16	20	12	[29]	51.00	13
14	46/ 754		Wientjes, Chris	14	14	5	[27]	20	53.00	14
15	12/ CAN 481	Stampede	Love, Jeffrey	9	13	29	[36]	3	54.00	15
16	34/ 489	Mo' Money	Doyle, Kevin	[26]	7	26	15	6	54.00	16
17	18/ USA 949	Corner of Sanity and Madness	Junge, Christian	7	[32]	28	20	9	64.00	17
18	35/ 355	4-Cliff	Muzia, Nicholas	18	[35]	18	22	12	70.00	18
19	14/ 1509	CAN-1509	Jones, Stephen	28	[34]	17	14	17	76.00	19
20	45/ 925	Vamanos / HardwareChimp.com	McBrier, David	19	[28]	13	23	23	78.00	20
21	44/ 1589		Reinke, Eric	[37/TLE]	23	14	37	5	79.00	21
22	47/ 1461	Ekas	Ipe, Jason	16	27	27	9	[33]	79.00	22
23	36/ 977	USA 977	Gode, Gunnar	12	25	24	[34]	18	79.00	23
24	22/ 1504	Battub	King, Aden	27	11	[32]	10	32	80.00	24
25	48/ 946	Shadow	Blodgett, Arthur	31	[37]	7	24	19	81.00	25
26	26/ 1536	Hot Ticket	Adzick, Sandy	24	[31]	22	25	10	81.00	26
27	16/ CAN 693	Broomstick	Harris, Ron	20	22	10	[33]	30	82.00	27
28	19/ USA 421	What	Imperato, Nick	21	8	[37]	30	24	83.00	28
29	42/ 1051	No Problem	Libby, Timothy	17	17	[35]	18	31	83.00	29
30	15/ CAN 959	Won Ton	Godin, David	[37/TLE]	26	21	16	28	91.00	30
31	11/ CAN 341	Alternative Girlfriend	Collins, Trevor	30	24	25	[35]	21	100.00	31
32	23/ 1093	No Name	Martensson, Robert	33	21	[34]	13	34	101.00	32
33	30/ 1090	Stellar Jay	Turnham, Susan Mattis	23	30	31	17	[36]	101.00	33
34	29/ 1262	Bearly	Rapp, Terry	32	[36]	23	26	25	106.00	34
35	21/ US 1570	Jupiter	Mujezinovic, Amir	22	29	[33]	29	27	107.00	35
36	10/ CAN 1644	Raised J	Koppernaes, Johan	34	20	30	28	[35]	112.00	36
37	43/ 1038	Slingshot	Swanson, Kurt	37/TLE	33	36	32	[39/DNF]	138.00	37
38	28/ 1532	Axe Wound	Moon, RJ	[39/OCS]	39/DNC	39/DNC	39/DNC	39/DNC	156.00	38

Notes

⁽¹⁾	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2009-2012
⁽²⁾	Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 2
⁽³⁾	Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts